Actor
Akira Nagoya
December 8, 1930 · Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Akira Nagoya was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who specialized in playing comical roles. He's well know for playing Yūtarō Asahina in the Tokusatsu superhero series Ultraman Taro.
After graduating from junior high school in 1949, he entered the Tokyo Broadcasting Company (NHK) training school as a third-year student. His classmates included Hisashi Katsuta and Kazue Takahashi, who later became active as voice actors.
Notable work
Often works with
Tatsuya Nakadai
3 titles together
High and Low, Basara: The Princess Goh, Fort Graveyard
Yūnosuke Itō
3 titles together
High and Low, A Wanderer's Notebook, Fort Graveyard
Nenji Kobayashi
3 titles together
Station, Suspicion, Lullaby of Death
Hiroyuki Sanada
3 titles together
Kaito Ruby, Round About Midnight, Mahjong Horoki
Hideyo Amamoto
3 titles together
Kaito Ruby, Fort Graveyard, Mahjong Horoki
Takashi Sasano
3 titles together
Round About Midnight, Mahjong Horoki, Free and Easy
Full filmography · 86
Round About Midnight
as Homeless Man
1999
Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder
cast
1999
Love Letter
cast
1998
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
cast
1998
Woman in Witness Protection
as Director Hatano
1997
Princess Mononoke
as Cowherd (voice)
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Bokyo
cast
1993
Tale of the Crane Princess
cast
1993
Kwaidan
cast
1992
Basara: The Princess Goh
cast
1992
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
as Narrator (voice)
1989
The Murder on the Nanki Shirahama Pendulum Train - The Beautiful Office Lady Detective and the Backseat Detective II
cast
1989